State ITs and local efforts headline varied events
Sore throat epidemic spans state while Clinton eyed for a packing house. Third District Press Assoc meeting set for Manchester on Feb 10. Union Pacific cuts bridge fare from Council Bluffs to Omaha by about 50 percent. D. J. McDaid’s wife dies at 35 in Sac City. Four million dollars moved from New York to Chicago for January deals. Iowa figures show mill, glucose plant plans, fires, loans, and fireside incidents. Multiple obituaries and local incidents including a Davenport shooting, Des Moines mine blast, and a Burlington double tragedy wrap the week.
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James Keene
Weekly Review: Boiler Explosion in Paris and Global Notes
Paris boiler explosion kills six and wounds two. In Winthrop Missouri a January fire destroys six buildings including a large elevator. European miners strike, Bank of New York banker Morris Ketchum dies, and other 1879 events spanning Europe, Americas, and Asia are summarized.
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Belgium
Morris Ketchum
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London
Barbarians of Civilized Cities in London Telegraph
A coroner's inquest reveals John Harvey, a fourteen year old ignorant and undernourished boy, who admits he cannot read or write. The piece argues modern civilization robs children in Africa, Polynesia, and Asia of carefree life, while imposing toil, hunger, cold, and risk in place of a simple savage existence.
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John Harvey
Guy’s Hospital
Africa
Polynesia
Asia
A Lady's Wish Promoted by Hop Bitters
A lady compliments a friend's clear skin and is told to try Hop Bitters to achieve pure rich blood and blooming health. The exchange promotes the tonic as a maker of beauty and well being.
Classroom Riddle Sparks Friction Over Gender Terms
In a school exchange a teacher tests students on the feminine form of friar. The first boy correctly answers nun after initial confusion, prompting the teacher to affirm the term. The exchange ends with the boy protesting the phrasing as identical to his own answer.
Snooze Paper Recount of an Evening Read
A visitor asks what the old gentleman reads while he nods over the evening journal. His wife jokes that the paper is his snooze paper, implying the read is merely for rest or distraction rather than news.
Startling Attempt to Move Balk Mare with Cigar
A driver attempted to start a balk mare by touching her flank with a lit cigar and declaring he would try backing her next. The incident describes a crude method and the speaker’s persistence in moving the animal.
Boy asks which go faster: male or female trains
A seven year old boy aboard a mail train asks his father which trains are faster, male or female, in a brief exchange reflecting a child’s curiosity and the traveler’s journey.
Bismarck Disarmament Plan Seeks Continental Support
London dispatch reports the English government has focused on Bismarck’s gradual disarmament scheme. It notes the plan aims for gradual disarmament with Austria as the only continental power to endorse it thus far, despite a softened public statement from Bismarck.
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Edinburg Scotsman
Prince Bismarck
Austria
Telegrams Describe Afghan Front Setbacks and Aftermath
A Roberts telegram dated the 26th reports heavy snowfall on the 25th prevented a pursuit near Cabul, with the area and its communication line now clear. Insurgents in Balisar caused multiple explosions, one killing about 100 people, while the telegraph line is being repaired. The Viceroy notes Roberts’ telegrams of the defeat and dispersion of the enemy around Cabul on the 28th before Gen. Gough’s arrival. Col. Norman was attacked at.
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Railroad Horror near Dundee Claims Ninety Lives
London dispatches detail a catastrophic North British Railway bridge collapse near Dundee on December 28. A train plunged into the river, with reports of 75 to 315 dead, no survivors, and heroic efforts by staff to reach the gap. The incident prompts calls for a full inquiry.
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Smith
London “Standard
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For Sale by All Conginte Dr Bulls Baby Suffering Check
A fragment notes a sale item linked to Dr Bulls Baby amid a warning to not let the infant languish. The wording suggests a distressed seller listing a baby related item for sale and urging action to address suffering.
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Dr. Bulls Baby
Origin of Modern Greece. Freeman on the Greek Revolution
Edward A. Freeman analyzes the Greek war for independence noting the lack of a central national structure, the Hetairia influence, and the difficulty of uniting diverse factions under a new government. He argues Greece produced few clear leaders yet succeeded in liberating the country and defending it for four years against the Ottoman power.
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Busy men blunder highlight of post office woes
A Tribune article surveys misdirected mail and careless handling at the city post office led by John H. Purdy. It notes that even top business leaders admit errors and recounts comic and revealing entries from the complaint log and a country postmaster’s remark about intercepted letters to grass widows.
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Tribune
General Post Office
John H. Purdy
Prairie
Express
Humorous Misunderstandings and Droll Exchanges
A collection of quips and exchanges on conjugal confidence and domestic wit. A wiseard officer and a generous friend debate honesty in marriage while a Major jokes about breeches. A lecturer explains shells to a girl as a lobster outgrows its garment.
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Irl
Strange Fatalities Across Harsh Elements Linked by Fire
Series of grisly incidents links fire and accidents to everyday dangers. A stock breeder’s self immolation after liniment use. an old woman’s hay fire and runaway horse leading to death. a Scranton boy burned when vitriol spilled from a bottle on horseback. a Delaware raft crew member immolated by whisky fire in zero cold. another man burned while immersed in whisky and perished after rescue.
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Advice to Homely Women on Newspaper Sensationalism
A Victorian tone piece urges homely women to avoid elopement or suicide stories to prevent sensational newspaper treatment. It argues reporters glorify glamorous victims while omitting plain lives and calls homely women to stay out of print to spare the public from biased sensationalism.
On Deathbed Confession Sparks Laughable Exchange
An elderly woman, repentant in her final hours, declares she was a great sinner for over eighty years and did not know it. A longtime black servant responds with amused certainty, exclaiming she knew the truth all along.
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Darkey
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